Salute Inc.

Program Description

Salute is very sensitive to the special needs and concerns of veterans disabled during their military service. Due to the extent of their injuries, veterans are faced with long periods of hospitalization and rehabilitation along with the challenge of finding new careers after their recovery. Our Wounded Warrior Laptop Program can offer injured veterans an increased level of independence, greater social inclusion and greater hope for their future through the use of one of our new laptop/notebook computers. Computers can provide recovering veterans with access to educational programs, career opportunities, improved communication with family and friends and better access to information relating to their recovery.

Eligibility Requirements

Recipients must have been born in Illinois. Recipients must have been wounded or injured in a service-related activity while on active duty during the recent armed conflict. They must require extended treatment or rehabilitation beyond 30 days as a result of their wounds or injury or must have been permanently disabled as a result of a service-related injury or wound. SALUTE may require verification of these eligibility requirements and applicants must be prepared to submit proof of eligibility.

Application Process

Candidates (or someone acting on their behalf) are required to complete a Wounded Warrior Laptop Program Application, and submit it to SALUTE via e-mail at saluteinc@yahoo.com or by mail at the address shown below. The SALUTE Wounded Warrior Laptop Program Committee will review the application and request verification, if necessary. It is very likely that there will be telephone contact with the applicant during the evaluation process, so it is required that telephone contact information be submitted. SALUTE will notify the applicant of approval or rejection within two weeks after receipt of the application or verifying information.

Donations

SALUTE is actively seeking corporate or organizational sponsorship of this Program. Due to the cost of laptop and notebook computers, SALUTE cannot fulfill every request. Our goal is to expand this Program into a national program but we do not have the resources to fulfill this mission without the help of a major sponsor or several major sponsors. Although we have been blessed by the generous gift from the Turner Family, we must have additional sponsors to continue this Program. If your company or organization would like to sponsor this Program, please contact us at saluteinc@yahoo.com or by telephone at 847-359-8811.  We need your help to "Honor the Service" and "Remember the Sacrifice" of those wounded warriors who have given so much to defend our country.

Private donations are also essential for our Program to continue. If you would like to donate to this Program or contribute to the general fund of SALUTE, please go to the "Donate" portion of our website, or mail your contribution to:

SALUTE, Inc.
P.O. Box 236
Prospect Heights, Illinois 60070-0236